Biblical Christian Worldview

Group vs. Individual Freedoms – The Courts

There are situations where individual freedoms conflict with group freedoms and we have to adjudicate the outcome. Do pro-life protestors have the right to protest in front of abortion clinics, even when it mentally harms the individual wishing to have an abortion? Are homeless tents ok on the street where individual shop owners are trying to attract customers into their bodegas? Is it acceptable to extract taxes from individuals so we can have a government established to protect the country? Are borders, intended to establish the country’s consensus on who has a legal right to enter, acceptable over the rights of persecuted and underprivileged immigrants attempting entry? The list is broad and wide on the conflict between individual and national freedoms and rights. Does Freedom of Religion Outweigh Discrimination in the Marketplace? The answers are not so easily apparent in a sin-cursed world. That is why we have courts to attempt to balance the needs of the individual and the rights of the many. It’s a poor, human system but, it’s the best we’ve got before Christ’s return.

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I was an atheist for most of my life. I believed that religion, any religion, was a crutch for those who were failing in life on earth and needed both an excuse (it’s not my fault) and a hope for the future (Heaven). I was doing just fine on my own and didn’t need Jesus or anyone else telling me what to do. Over the course of 6 years, a small business I had taken over slowly failed (went bankrupt) and our family was also forced into personal bankruptcy. It was a mess. In that lengthy process, my accountant kept telling me about Jesus. Candidly, I found myself in the position of needing a source of hope for the future, a crutch if you will. So, I started digging into Christianity. I spent about 2 years actively poking around the Bible, researching creation, dinosaurs, the fall of man, miracles, angels, Satan, etc. I started exploring online ser

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Attending a Biblical Christian Church

If you regularly attend a church that supports a Biblical Christian worldview, you are truly blessed, but in the minority. It’s likely that you are among those who will hear a sermon preached from the Scriptures every Sunday that is intended to both teach and challenge all toward a closer relationship with God, through Christ. 


How do we move up the scale from “lost and not listening” to “lost in what is being taught”?

The simple answer is a discipline of private prayer and Bible study OUTSIDE of Sunday morning. Do you think the super-Christians do anything more spiritual than that? It’s not serving on the finance committee. It’s not helping the disadvantaged with meals-on-wheels. It’s not giving more money to the needy. Spending alone time with God during the other six days of the week will move you up in your personal relationship with an almighty God. It truly is that simple. It is hidden so you will not get any pats on the back for doing it. But… try it for a month, one month out of the rest of your life, and see if the results are worth the extra effort. 

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Should Biblical Christians be challenging the status quo?

A reader recently commented on an article I wrote which was critical of Disney for producing and financing a new show on FXX entitled Little Demon. Below is an excerpt from this individual, who is one of the more prominent members of a popular Christian Deconstructionist publication on Medium. 


Should Biblical Christians be challenging the status quo?

A reader recently commented on an article I wrote which was critical of Disney for producing and financing a new show on FXX entitled Little Demon. Below is an excerpt from this individual, who is one of the more prominent members of a popular Christian Deconstructionist publication on Medium. 

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I wrote an article recently on the theology behind the “second” salvation of my youngest daughter. It elicited one of the top ten-percent of the nearly 3k comments I have received on Medium this past year. The author spoke about how young, impressionable, and naive she was (6 years old) to be proselytized by an eight year old neighborhood evangelist. Of course, from my perspective, being witnessed to by a peer, even at the age of six, seemed a blessing, both from the perspective of my appreciation of this evangelist’s parents, and for the sake of my own daughter’s eternal life. And yes, I recognize that my feelings would have been very different had it been a Jehovah’s Witness or Mormon roaming the neighborhood. 

Conclusion

So, should we stop evangelizing our children? Of course not! Is it acceptable to build a Christian wall around them until they bend to our Biblical Christian worldview? Surprisingly, I would say yes. The truth is that we are not of this world; our citizenship is in Heaven (Phil. 3:20, John 15:19). To abdicate our responsibility as parents and Christian caregivers regarding the eternal status of our youth would be horrific. 

What we need to avoid is ignoring our continuing responsibility to help in the sanctification process, once our young charges make a “profession of faith”. And, even more importantly perhaps, be true “fruit checkers” as we look for changes in their behavior, newly minted with the Holy Spirit in their hearts (Cor. 6:19). 

Gal. 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Rom. 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…

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This post/podcast is a continuation of “Why Do Evangelicals Hate Unbelievers?” based on reader responses. The objective is to further clarify and expand the flip side of the first article, focusing more on the very logical reasons why unbelievers have such distain for Biblical Christians.

Webster defines the word “hate” as, “intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury” and defines “dislike” as, “a feeling of aversion or disapproval”.

When it comes to Biblical Christians, both terms can cut both ways.

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According to the news articles linked below, the 2021 American Bible Society ‘State of the Bible Report’ was quoted as indicating that:

I am a traditional Biblical Christian and I would love to believe this is true. It was reported as such in the Baptist Press, the Biblical Recorder, the Baptist Messenger, and Sharper Iron, among other “news” sources. Further stating,

“Biblical inerrancy is professed by 55 percent of Americans, with even a greater portion of those surveyed, 71 percent, confessing that Scripture is the Word of God.”

The study surveyed 3,354 adults across the country through an online survey between Jan. 4-29, and also incorporated additional results from a relatively small group of youths ages 15-17.

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I have gotten a few comments from readers on the subject of our relationship with Christ while on this earth. There are those who believe that mankind can be “fully sanctified” or have “perfect unity” with the Trinity on this side of the grave. It is my view that we will not achieve that goal until Heaven. 

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Recently, I have been getting asked, or more correctly, challenged by readers using the variations in translations to defend their position that the Bible does not present a consistent, systematic theology and is therefore, a man-made book, like any other. Below is my admittedly shallow attempt at answering that objection. In the end, of all back-and-forth on the subject, Biblical Christians believe on Faith and a conviction of the Holy Spirit.


Summary

So, to sum up, the reason for different translations is not because there is no consensus on the major points of Biblical Christian theology. Differing translations are largely do to the range of objectives on the part of the translation group as to how contemporary (easy to read with current terminology) or how traditional (from the original languages on a word for word basis) readers wish to understand and apply God’s Word. 

Further, no translation is without error, just the original. And, of course, there are many who strongly feel that the Bible in general is full of discrepancies and therefore all Scripture was written by man and unreliable. The view of a Biblical Christian is that most apparent discrepancies are explainable and defendable if one approaches the question from an inerrant predisposition (which I recognize is a cop-out). Those differences which are not easily explainable, to mankind, are still defendable if one believes (by faith) that the Originator of the Bible, the Creator of the universe, is omniscient and omnipotent and we are not.

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There is, of course, a raging controversy in America sparked by the Supreme Court decision regarding the return of states’ rights in the area of abortion. It will be one of the many major watershed issues in the 2022 elections later this year and, perhaps, remain a point of separation in 2024 as well.

Conclusion
At the very least, Biblical Christians need to recognize that the term “Life” in the context of the womb takes on very different meanings when viewed from a pro-life vs. pro-choice mindset. No one will argue that technical “life” begins at conception. The question is, is that life “humanity” at that instant? To the Biblical Christian, I believe the answer is yes. To other pro-life advocates, Christian or not, I think that answer is much less clear. As a culture and a nation, we all need to recognize that. Regardless of our personal views, we need to find a middle ground. For the Biblical Christian, we need to remember that our citizenship is in Heaven (Phil. 3:20), not on this earth, and we are called to live peacefully (1 Thes. 4:11) and respect the laws of our nation (Romans 13:1). However, that does not mean we are to hide our personal beliefs when called upon to confirm our pro-life position at whatever place God calls each of us to stand. 

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